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Pamplin Historical Park hosts a symposium called “Generals We Love to Hate” looking at some of the more controversial military leaders of the Civil War.

Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) talked about Portland, Maine, the state’s organic farming industry, and why she entered politics. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their…

Pamplin Historical Park hosts a symposium called “Generals We Love to Hate” looking at some of the more controversial military leaders of the Civil War.

Robert Witkowski, creative director of Visit Portland, gave a tour of Portland, Maine, and highlighted some of its historic locations. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their…

Pamplin Historical Park hosts a symposium called “Generals We Love to Hate” looking at some of the more controversial military leaders of the Civil War.

Pamplin Historical Park hosts a symposium called “Generals We Love to Hate” looking at some of the more controversial military leaders of the Civil War.

Paul Hutton delivered the keynote address at a symposium hosted by the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. Mr. Hutton described how William Cody, best known as Buffalo Bill, became…

Little Rock, Arkansas, residents talked about the city and race relations in the years leading up to the 1957 integration of Little Rock Central High School. On September 25, 1957, President…

Professor Andrew Isenberg talked about the rise of the environmental movement in the 1970s and how it impacted consumer and production practices. He described the Keep America Beautiful…

Sharon B. Smith talked about Confederate General Stonewall Jackson’s favorite war horse. She is the author of Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel: An Unlikely Hero of the Civil War.

Stephanie Plowman highlighted items from Gonzaga University’s James O’Sullivan collection. Mr. O’Sullivan played an instrumental role in the development of the Grand Coulee Dam, about 90 miles northwest of…

Little Rock, Arkansas, residents looked back to 1958 and 1959, sometimes called the “lost year,” when the Arkansas governor closed the public schools to block desegregation.

The U.S. Army produced this film to mark the centennial of the Alaska Purchase. It includes a reenactment of the October 18, 1867, ceremony in Sitka, Alaska, when the Russian flag was lowered and the…

The grandchildren of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal cabinet members and advisers talked about the actions taken in the 1930s and early 1940s to bring the country back from the Great…

David Valdez talked about his photographs of George H.W. Bush which he took as the vice president’s personal photographer and then as White House Photo Office director from 1989 to 1993. He…

The Puerto Rico Visitors Bureau produced this film in 1953 to encourage tourism and celebrate the island’s history and ties to the United States.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce funded animated film presents a brief history of the American economic system beginning with the colonial period, arguing that free enterprise is embedded in the Bill of…

Christie Jackson talked about Ralph Waldo Emerson’s time in the home as well as other writers, such as Henry David Thoreau, Nathanial Hawthorne, and Margaret Fuller, who spent time there. Ralph Waldo Emerson…

Former New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice Chuck Douglas gave a driving tour of Concord, New Hampshire, and highlighted some of its historic locations. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs)…

Professor Craig Smith talked about Benjamin Franklin’s goal to redefine who is honorable, comparing a hereditary honor given those from noble births to an honor that is earned through good deeds…